Sustainability Manager

Shoppers Drug Mart

  • Location: Toronto, ON

  • Category: Sustainability Specialist

  • Job Type: Full-time

  • Salary: $0K-$0K/mo

Job Description:

The Manager of Sustainability oversees a comprehensive assortment of responsibilities related to reducing environmental impacts and applying sustainability principles within the Joe Fresh brand.


Job Responsibility:

  • Manage the Joe Fresh sustainability strategy:
  • Responsible for reporting and managing data, and driving cross functional work to ensure tracking and reporting against confirmed targets
  • Research apparel industry trends and regulations pertaining sustainability
  • Management and facilitation of the HIGG Index: managing relationship and reporting, quarterly reporting back and recommendations to management
  • Supports research and to source potential external sustainability organizations to partner with
  • Coordination with enterprise Sustainability and Social Impact team – connecting regularly on enterprise priorities, targets and efforts, collecting and reporting back on JF initiatives for annual ESG report, pro-actively meeting with cross functional teams across the enterprise to facilitate larger ambitions
  • Working cross functionally with QA/ Store-Ops to lead total brand initiative on product disposition on recycling, material reclamation, donation, and re-commerce
  • Working cross functionally with raw materials, sourcing, and design teams to pilot new sustainable materials and processes
  • Supporting the coordination and execution of internal and external marketing and communication plans
  • Creating and implementing the JF sustainability newsletter to be disseminated to the organization monthly


Experience Requirements:

  • 3 to 5 years of relevant experience in social responsibility, sustainability and / or ESG matters
  • Demonstrates understanding of widely used ESG reporting frameworks like HIGG Index, Better Cotton (BCI), SASB, TCFD, CDP and GRI
  • Experience working in a fast-paced environment, managing numerous priorities simultaneously
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, and ability to bring together and manage interactions with employees from across the organization with competing objectives
  • Excellent problem solver and ability to manage difficult situations with tact and creativity
  • Ability to analyze reports and large data sets with precision and efficiency
  • Strong attention to detail, highly organized and proactive
  • Excellent communications skills
  • Proficiency in the Microsoft Office Suite of tools
  • Product Life-cycle Management (PLM) systems knowledge an asset
  • Strong working knowledge of all aspects of product/apparel development and production lifecycle an asset


Job Summary:
  • Job Posted: 09 September, 2024

  • Expiration: 24 October, 2024

  • Salary: $0.00-$0.00

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